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The Loners

July 10, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Top 10: Reasons you should buy Quarantine Book 1: The Loners for your library (guest post by Lex Thomas)

OUR SHAMELESS PLEA: TOP 10 REASONS OUR BOOK BELONGS ON YOUR LIBRARY’S SHELF Because I knew I was going to make Quarantine by Lex Thomas our TLT Rec of the Week this week, I decided to invite the authors – yes, authors as Lex Thomas is actually two people – to make this week’s Top […]

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